Police error in east London crash that killed three people

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Nov, 22:01 · Archive

Three people died on the A13 in east London after police were sent to the wrong location of an initial collision.

Sachin Kalia, 19, Davina Kaur Ruprah, 24, and Kiranjeet Sagoo, 36, died in a collision on the A13 at Wennington junction after a sequence of events involving a speeding BMW and a Ford Transit van. The first crash occurred around 9.12pm when the BMW lost control and collided with the Transit, which ended up parked in the central reservation. A passing driver called police at 9.19pm and told them the crash was at Wennington junction between the A13 and A1306.

However, the call handler incorrectly logged the location as Dagenham junction, four miles away. Police found no sign of the incident when they arrived at the wrong location and, by the time the error was discovered, emergency services had not cleared the first crash in sufficient time. An inquest at Walthamstow coroner's court found the fatal collision could have been avoided had officers been provided with the correct location.

The jury also found the Ford Transit should not have remained parked in the central reservation after the first incident. The coroner has sent a prevention of future deaths report raising concerns about the failure to record the correct location. The Met Police said the call handler had undertaken training and accepted it was over-reliant on mobile phone location data.

How it is being reported

• Deadly crash may have been avoided if police were sent to the right place soonerAn error which led to police being sent to the wrong junction was partly to blame for a fatal crash that killed three people in east London, an inquest found (Picture: Google Maps) A crash that killed three people on a major A-road may have been avoided had police not been given an incorrect…Metro · 14 Nov, 16:36
• Fatal London crash may have been avoided but police were sent to wrong place, says coronerThree people were killed in the crash on the A13 in east London in July 2024Evening Standard · 14 Nov, 13:35

In this story: Sachin Kalia · Davina Kaur Ruprah · Kiranjeet Sagoo · A13 · Wennington junction · Metropolitan Police

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